The Martin HD-28 Lefty adds scalloped bracing and herringbone top trim to the ever-popular D-28. Martin redesigned their D-28 in mid 2017, and the HD-28 followed on this trend as part of their Standard Series redesign in 2018.

With its forward shifted lefty-positioned scalloped braces, Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides, the HD-28 is Martin’s signature left-handed Dreadnought. Emulating the D-28s that started it all back in the 1930s, today’s Herringbone D-28 has a powerful bottom end, lots of volume and headroom, richness and warmth, and a strong fundamental presence that’s perfect for flatpicking. It is the archetypical Dreadnought, and the most often copied acoustic guitar made.

Like all of Martin’s Standard Series models, the HD-28 has a vintage aesthetic, with herringbone purflings, aged white bindings, vintage style open-geared tuners and an old-style headstock logo. Gloss lacquer finish with slightly ambered top; beveled tortoise pickguard, slotted diamond fingerboard inlays, and a zigzag back strip add to the vintage look and red-eye bridge pins finish things off with a little bit of extra style.

Sitka spruce top with forward shifted scalloped bracing, Indian rosewood back and sides; mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge. Performing artist low-oval taper with 25.4” scale and a 1-3/4″ nut width.

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Martin HD-28L new left-handed rosewood acoustic guitar

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Taking a step back in time, Martin nods its head to its heritage with the left-handed HD-28L 1935 Sunburst. It’s a great looking take on the modern classic, with a dark shaded top and herringbone touches that are perfectly highlighted by the guitar’s finish.

Lefty-specific scalloped, forward shifted bracing adds to the power and bass of this rosewood and Sitka Martin Dreadnought. Ebony fingerboard and bridge, vintage-style appointments, tortoise-celluloid bevel-edge pickguard and open-geared tuners. 1-3/4” nut width, modified low oval neck carve with performance taper, 25.4” scale. A factory left-handed Martin HD-28L 1935 Sunburst, set-up in our shop by our left-handed repairperson!

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Martin HD-28 left-handed 1935 Sunburst acoustic guitar
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About this Martin HD-35

The Herringbone HD-35 is Martin’s most lightly constructed dreadnought. Featuring forward-shifted scalloped ¼” wide bracing like that you’d find on a vintage 14 fret 00, the Martin HD-35 offers huge bass presence and warmth, plenty of volume, and a playing experience unlike any other Martin Dreadnought.

Sitka spruce top with herringbone accents, three-piece Indian rosewood back with double zig-zag backstrips, Style 35 bindings and rosette, tortoise-celluloid pickguard, and ebony bridge with 2-5/32” string spread. Bound ebony fretboard, old-style headstock logo, sealed gear tuners, bone nut. Gloss lacquer body finish, satin finished neck. 1-3/4” nut width, 25.4” scale, low-oval neck carve.

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New Martin HD-35 herringbone acoustic guitar

About Folkway Music

Folkway Music is a different kind of guitar store. Owing largely to the fact that its owner, Mark Stutman, has a relentless obsession for quality in every aspect of the store.  Consequently, Folkway Music is wholeheartedly committed to offering our clients the absolute best. Our instrument quality and genuine care for our customer’s experience are unrivalled.  Have a look at our client testimonials, they say it better than we can, without a doubt!

Not quite ready to add this item to your cart?  We believe that you should know exactly what the instrument you are interested in is all about… subsequently that involves conversation. We are happy to provide hands-on descriptions and demonstrations of our instruments over the phone. Additionally, if you find that you’d like to hear an audio sample or see detailed photos over and above what we display on our site, we can make it happen for you. We take care through the entire process to ensure that you will be satisfied when you receive your purchase.

 

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The Martin J-40 is a beautifully designed guitar with a tasteful blend of flash and simplicity, a particularly attractive body shape, and beautiful accents.

Based on the 16” M or 0000-sized body that was introduced in the mid 1970’s, the J-40 is built with a dreadnought-depth and has the distinction of being Martin’s largest standard model guitar. With its deep waist curve the guitar fits smaller than a Dreadnought, and offers a string to string response that is more balanced and even than a D and at least as loud. All this makes for a very versatile guitar that excels at both fingerstyle and strummed styles.

Indian rosewood back and sides with Sitka spruce top, forward shifted and scalloped X bracing, long scale neck with modified low oval shape and 1-3/4” nut. The guitar is trimmed with elements of Style 45 and simplified body bindings for a classy and distinguished look that’s not over-the-top in terms of flashiness, but has plenty of bling. Multi-layered fingerboard and headstock bindings, vertical C.F. Martin logo in pearl, Style 45 Hexagon fingerboard inlays, and gold tuners complete the neck. The body features a style 45 pearl ring rosette and mosaic back strip, style 45 back bindings, and unique 7-layer top purflings. Bevelled tortoise celluloid pickguard, ebony bridge with bone saddle and abalone dot pins.

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Martin J-40 new rosewood acoustic guitar

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The reimagined Martin M-36 was one of the most exciting additions to the 2018 Martin lineup. Until then, the M-36 had remained virtually unchanged since its introduction in the mid 1970s.

What sets the M-36 apart from other Martin models is its OM-depth 0000-size body. That’s right, four 0. This shape was originally built for the F series archtops in the later 1930s and early 40s, and is similarly shaped to an OM/000, but about an inch wider. Martin uses this shape for their Jumbo models as well, but those feature Dreadnought-depth sides. The M-36’s combination of shallower OM sides and a wider body make for a more powerful and louder guitar, relative to an OM; but with a less boomy and more balanced tone than a Dreadnought.

The M-36 features forward shifted scalloped braces, vintage-style appointments, and classic M-36 design features, such as a 3-piece back, voluteless headstock, and rosewood bridge. The 2018 version of the guitar is built much more lightly than its predecessor and sounds it. A lively, responsive, warm and focused guitar, the M-36 is possibly Martin’s most versatile instrument.

Indian rosewood back and sides, Sitka spruce top, mahogany neck with bound ebony fingerboard, 25.4” scale, 1-3/4” nut, and modified low oval carve. Antique white bindings with multi-stripe purflings and rosette, bevelled tortoise-celluloid pickguard, vintage toned high gloss lacquer finish. Old style CF Martin headstock logo, Grover tuners, bone nut and saddle.

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Martin M-36 rosewood acoustic guitar

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About this Martin OM-21

Similar to the D-18, 000-18, and OM-28, the Martin OM-21 model features vintage-inspired looks, scalloped forward positioned braces, and the company’s comfortable high performance low-oval neck with 1-3/4″ nutwidth. It’s an excellent fingerstyle instrument, and versatile enough to use for most any style of playing.

The Martin OM-21 features a Sitka spruce top with forward shifted scalloped bracing, Indian rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, tortoiseshell plastic bindings and bevelled-edge pickguard, bone nut and compensated saddle, vintage style tuning machines, old-style headstock logo, vintage-toned nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Modified low-oval neck with 1-3/4″ width at the nut, 25.4″ scale, and satin finish.

Martin OM-21 acoustic guitar

About Folkway Music

Folkway Music is a different kind of guitar store. Owing largely to the fact that its owner, Mark Stutman, has a relentless obsession for quality in every aspect of the store.  Consequently, Folkway Music is wholeheartedly committed to offering our clients the absolute best. Our instrument quality and genuine care for our customer’s experience are unrivalled.  Have a look at our client testimonials, they say it better than we can, without a doubt!

Still not quite ready to add this item to your cart? No problem. We believe that you should know exactly what the instrument you are interested in is all about… subsequently that involves conversation. We provide hands-on descriptions and demonstrations of our instruments over the phone. Additionally, if you find that you’d like to hear an audio sample or see detailed photos over and above what we display on our site, we’ll be happy to make it happen for you. We take care through the entire process to ensure that you will be satisfied when you receive your purchase.  Learn More

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Semi Mosely had a fascination with guitars from a young age. He was born in 1935 and by his late teens had worked for Rickenbacker, done custom inlay work for Paul Bigsby, and was building and repairing his own instruments. In 1954, at the age of 19, Mosely started Mosrite of California with the financial assistance of his friend, Rev. Ray Boatwright. It took Mosely nearly a decade to find major success with his guitar company, but that finally came in 1963 when Mosrite collaborated with the surf-sensation, The Ventures, to create a signature line of instruments. The first “The Ventures” models were built in late 1963, with production ramping up throughout 1964.

1965 saw the introduction of The Ventures II Model, a slightly stripped down, budget-friendly model that featured a solid alder body with a maple neck and unbound rosewood fingerboard. The very first II Model guitars featured simple slab-bodies, but Mosrite quickly upgraded to the German-carved body style early on in the model’s production.

This late ’65/early ’66 Mosrite The Ventures II is a current shop favourite. Sporting a fresh set of frets installed in-house, this guitar performs perfectly. The original pickups are magical, offering tones that are full, rich, and clean. Think Jazzmaster pickups but with the mid-range bloom of a great Gibson humbucker. The original sunburst finish presents beautifully and has aged attractively over these past six decades. Apart from the new frets and some cleaned up wiring, this guitar is in all-original condition.

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1966 Mosrite The Ventures II vintage electric surf guitar

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A custom-ordered El Trovador Baritone that was completed in 2022, this unique National single-cone resonator features a 27” scale neck, cut-away body with single F-hole on the bass side, antique brass parts including a ‘Chicken Foot’ style coverplate, a rosewood headstock overlay with decal shield logo, and gold Waverly tuners with snakewood buttons.

With its low B tuning and expressive single-cone tone, this Baritone is indeed quite a beguiling guitar. It responds dynamically to a player’s attack, and is equally at home playing aggressive fingerstyle blues, or pretty, melodic slide. Low B tuning is easy to get hooked on!

The neck has a wide and round C carve with a nut width of 1-7/8” and a 1st fret depth of .933”. String spread at the bridge is 2-5/16” and the neck joins the body at the 13th fret. The guitar remains in near-perfect condition apart from a small ding on the headstock face by the truss rod access hole.

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2022 National El Trovador Baritone resonator guitar

 

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National Resophonic’s mahogany-bodied M1 Tricone has a tone unlike anything else the company has ever offered. The volume and dynamic range of this National M1 Tricone will surprise you at first strum; it’s much more airy and open than a brass or steel tricone – and has much less focus in the mids than the metal bodies. Instead, the sound is warm, wide and breathy, and controlled. Fingerstyle guitarists (who don’t play slide) will find inspiration in this instrument, as will anybody who’s always wanted a resonator but hasn’t found one that’s just right.

A truly remarkable creation, and more than 3 pounds lighter than a metal bodied equivalent. Mahogany ply body with wooden soundwell, mahogany neck, ivoroid-bound ebony fingerboard, slotted headstock. Round neck carve, 25.65″ scale, 1-13/16″ nut.

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National M1 Tricone wood body resonator acoustic guitar

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The Woodbody NRP from National features a maple laminate body, mahogany neck, unbound ebony fingerboard, and plain slotted headstock with vintage style National decal logo. It’s a warm and darkly voiced single cone resonator, with great subtlety and tremendous overtones. This one is finished in a great looking Triolian Yellow, and all it needs now is for you to add the next 25 years of wear! 25″ scale, 1.825″ nutwidth, rounded V neck carve.

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New National NRP 12 Fret Woodbody resonator guitar in Triolian Yellow

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